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No.-242,844. Patented Jun-e 14, 188|.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL SEEGMILLEB, OF GODERIGH, CANADA.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,844, dated June 14, 1881.

Application led November 10, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom fit may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL SEEGMILLER, of Goderich, Huron county, Dominion of Ganada, have invented an Improvement in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of' plows 5 and theinvention consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement ot' the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

` Figure l is a perspective of my improved trussed beam as attached toa plow. Fig. 2 is a detached perspective of the handle-brace to which the rear end of the beam is secured. Fig. 3 is a perspective ofthe attachment at the rear end ofthe beam by means of which the vertical adjustment is secured. Fig. 4 is a rear perspective of the upper portion of the standard. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the cap, and Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents a plow-standard surmounted by a semi-spherical-shaped head, a, centrally provided with a vertical conical hole or slot leading into an open chamber, b, in the rear side of said stand ard.

B is a cap, concave upon its under side to tit the top ofthe standard, and provided with a vertical bolt-hole, d, and with two parallel ribs, e, upon its upper face, thereby forming a channel, c.

(l represents my improved truss beam, formed ofthe lower draft-rod, f, and the two upper truss-rods, g. The forward ends of these rods are welded or otherwise secu red together, and this end is pivotally secured to the bar h, to which the clevis-hookz' and wheel-standard k are secured in the usual manner. The rear ends of the rods fg are secured together, {orming, by welding or otherwise, the plate l, through which a bolt, m, passes.

D is a bifurcated metal extension to the standard, to which the 'rodsfg are secured by passing through holes near the upper ends of the bifurcated arms and a hole in the baseplate lo of the extension D, so that they will be compelled, no matter what drawing strain may be put upon them, to retain their relative positions, as shown. `The lower end of the extension D terminates in a plate, k, having an smaller than the said bolt-holes, will allow,

when the nut is loosened, the beam to be adjusted as desired, the cap and standard-head forming a kind of` universal joint.

E isa vertical platemprovided with a radial slot, 0, and with anear. r, cast at right angles upon and to the plate E, and 1this ear is provided \vitl1 a centrally-located hole to receive the bolt s.

F is a brace-iron secured between the handles of' the plow, and this iron is provided with aslot, t. The rearend ofthe beamis adjustably secured by the bolt m, passing through the radial slot o in the plate E, and by this means a vertical adjustment of the beam is secured. The ear r rests upon the top of the bra-ce F, and the bolt s, passing through the ear and the slot t, allows ofa lateral adjustment ofthe beam.

In case it is desirable to use a wooden or iron sin gle-bar beam, the same attachments at the rear end may be used with the standard and cap as described, the beam resting in the channel c in said cap.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination, with the plow-standard A, surmounted by a semi-spherical head having a conical hole, and provided with the open `chamber b, ofthe cap B, concave on its under face, and provided with hole d, parallel ribs e, and channel c, bit'ureated extension D, having base-plate lo, skeleton-beam O, and bolt n, whereby the skeleton -bealn is secured to the standard by a universal joint, substantially as described. 2. The combination of the standard A, having` a convex head, and chamber b, cap B, constructed as set forth, bifurcated extension D, and skeleton-beam C, with the slotted han- (lle-braceV F, plate E, having slot o and ear r, and bolts n m s, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL SEEGMILLER. Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, J. PAUL MAYEE. 

